Spirit of the Outback

Spirit of the Outback

Overview
Service type	Passenger train
Predecessor	Capricornian The Midlander
First service	November 1993
Current operator(s)	Queensland Rail
Ridership	18,216 (2010/11)
Route
Start	Brisbane
End	Longreach
Distance travelled	1,325 kilometres
Average journey time	26 hours
Service frequency	2 x per week
Line used	North Coast Central Western

Spirit of the Outback
Brisbane Caboolture Nambour Cooroy Gympie Maryborough West Bundaberg Miriam Vale Gladstone Mount Larcom Rockhampton Duaringa Dingo Bluff Blackwater Comet Emerald Anakie Willows Bogantungan Drummond Pine Hill Alpha Jericho Barcaldine Ilfracombe Longreach

The Spirit of the Outback is a long-distance passenger rail service in Queensland, Australia, operated by Queensland Rail's Traveltrain division.

Route

Debuting in November 1993 by combining the former Capricornian and Midlander trains, this 1,325 km rail journey operates between Brisbane and Longreach. The Spirit of the Outback travels along the east coast of Queensland, from Brisbane to Rockhampton, where it heads west through Blackwater, Emerald and Barcaldine, to Longreach.

The Spirit of the Outback passes through coastal landscapes and then travels into the Outback, through mountain ranges, sunburnt plains and historic towns and to attractions such as the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame and Qantas Founders Outback Museum. The train operates twice weekly. In January 2015, the service will be upgraded with refurbished L series carriages.^[1][2] Motorail services were also withdrawn.^[3]

Classes of travel

The Spirit of the Outback has three classes of travel:

• Economy seats
• Economy sleeping berths with a capacity of up to 3 people
• First class sleeping berths:

• 'Roomettes' (single-person compartments), with a seat and fold-down bed
• 'Twinettes' (two-person compartments), with a seat on the bottom that converts into a single bed, with a second fold-down bed above

References

External links

• Fares and timetables